EditorialArchitectural Drawing from Le livre d' Architecture, plate 68 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century. Sebastiano Serlio (Italian, 1475-1554); assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943). Date: 1545. Dimensions: 283 x 199 mm (image); 367 x 249 mm ...
Editorialthe island of Juan Fernandes ..., Map of Juan-Fernandes Island from the 18th century, N ? 10, to p. 94, 1749, George Anson, Richard Walter: Voyage autour du monde, fait dans les ann?es MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV par George Anson [...] commandant en chef d'...
EditorialHandkerchief, Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave, Red cotton handkerchief printed with the scene of a cleric pointing at a book before a seated woman. Printed at bottom: Le livre d?fendu (the forbidden book). Border with stripes and diamo...
EditorialDesign for Garden Parterres with Scroll Motifs and Boxwood Arbor, in 'Nouveaux Livre de Parterres,' in Oeuvres Du Sr. D. Marot..., The Hague: Chez Pierre Husson, c.1702, Daniel Marot, French, active in the Netherlands and England, 16611752, Daniel Maro...
EditorialDesign for a Garden Parterre of Cut Grass and Colored Gravel, from 'Nouveaux Livre de Parterres,' in Oeuvres Du Sr. D. Marot..., The Hague: Chez Pierre Husson, c.1702, Daniel Marot, French, active in the Netherlands and England, 16611752, Daniel Marot,...
EditorialAutre Lit a niche aux cot?s du quell sont deux Panneaux A. et B. d?cor?es diff?rement, plate 74 in Livre Nouveau ou Regalis des cinq Ordres, par Jacques Barozzio de Vignole, Jacques-Fran?ois Blondel, French, 1705 - 1774, ?tienne Charpentier, French, 17...
EditorialPage Five from 'Quatrieme Livre Contenant Des Montans o? Pilastres Invent?s par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et Grav?s par Huquier', Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 16721742, Gabriel Huquier, French, 16951772, Etching on paper, Three 'candelabra-lik...
EditorialPage Four from 'Quatrieme Livre Contenant Des Montans o? Pilastres Invent?s par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et Grav?s par Huquier', Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 16721742, Gabriel Huquier, French, 16951772, Etching on paper, Three 'candelabra-lik...
EditorialPage Six from 'Quatrieme Livre Contenant Des Montans o? Pilastres Invent?s par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et Grav?s par Huquier', Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 16721742, Gabriel Huquier, French, 16951772, Etching on paper, Three 'candelabra-like...
EditorialPlate 86 from Nouveau livre de serrurerie (New Book of Locksmith's Designs), Pierre Soubeyran, Swiss, 1709 - 1775, ?tienne Charpentier, French, 1707 after 1792, Engraving on paper, At center, detail of an espagnolette (locking device) between two ornam...
EditorialPage Two from 'Quatrieme Livre Contenant Des Montans o? Pilastres Invent?s par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et Grav?s par Huquier', Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 16721742, Gabriel Huquier, French, 16951772, Etching on paper, Three 'candelabra-like...
EditorialPage T hree from 'Quatrieme Livre Contenant Des Montans o? Pilastres Invent?s par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et Grav?s par Huquier', Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 16721742, Gabriel Huquier, French, 16951772, Etching on paper, Three 'candelabra-l...
EditorialS?raphin-M?d?ric Mieusement, Mus?e de Cluny. Couverture de livre en ivoire, X.e si?cle, albumin paper, black and white positive process, image size: height: 25.8 cm; width: 18.4 cm, dry stamp: recto u. li.: MIEUSEMENT, PHOTOGRAPHE, inscribed: recto o.:...
EditorialGoldsmith's Bouquet, from Newes Lauberbuechlein, 1628?66, Engraving, Sheet: 6 ? 4 1/2 in. (15.2 ? 11.4 cm), Peter Aubry II (German, 1610?1666), After G?d?on L?gar? (French, 1615?1676) (?), Decorative floral arrangement in shape of a wreath emerging fro...
EditorialKnights at the Battle of Mont d'Or with banners. An illustration of opposing armies facing each other. . Chroniques de France et d'Angle- terre. France. JEHAN FROISSART, Chroniques de France et d'Angle- terre: volume (or livre) ii, covering the period...
EditorialMiniature. Book of Morality "Livre de Bonnes Moerus", 1400-1410 by Jacques Legrand (d. 1459). Sedaka's daughter suicides after violated by men who pretended to be pilgrims. Conde Museum. Chantilly. France.